Chemical-free Lawns
Is your lawn green? Not just in appearance, but environmentally?
Growing health and environmental concerns have some people turning to the search of organic, nontoxic lawn care alternatives.
An eco-friendly, non-toxic lawn is initially more labor-intensive as you are focusing on restoring the soil. Once you have healthy soil, it is lower maintenance and cost-effective.
Going organic means a change from a quick fix to a long-term approach. Instead of relying on a chemical cocktail to kill weeds, natural material is used to improve soil biology so weeds and pests get less of a foothold.
Organic Lawn Care Tips:
- Powdered kelp (a kind of seaweed) can be used to fertilize the lawn and stimulate plant growth.
- Corn gluten controls crabgrass in the spring, Corn gluten is a protein-based portion of corn. But corn gluten, which keeps seeds from sprouting, takes several years to work, unlike a chemical herbicide that kills crabgrass immediately.
Organic Lawn Care For the Cheap and Lazy
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